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King Advances While Bethanie's Paris Trip Ends in Pain
By Erik Gudris
(February 9th, 2012) It was mixed day of results for American women playing on different continents while the top seeds at Open GDF Suez in Paris and the PPT Pattaya Open in Thailand cruised into the quarterfinals.
Despite chilly temps outside, the action heated up indoors at the Open GDF Suez event with No. 1 seed Maria Sharapova easily winning her opening round match against Chanelle Scheepers 6-2, 6-2. But a painful exit awaited last year's semifinalist Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the U.S. as she suffered a lower back injury midway through her match against Italy's Roberta Vinci. Despite playing in obvious pain, Sands attempted a comeback after losing the first set but eventually succumbed in a three set loss 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.
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